Anchorage

Île de Bagaud

3.9FranceVar

Shelter: NW, W, E, SE
Seabed: sand, algae
Anchoring: Forbidden

Buoy field of 31 mooring buoys off Île de Bagaud in the Port-Cros National Park, Hyères archipelago, with sand and algae bottom.

Mooring buoys
Visitor buoys
Pontoon
Beach
Seagrass

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Île de Bagaud sits between Porquerolles and Port-Cros. Anchoring is prohibited throughout the Port-Cros National Park: pick up one of the 31 authorised buoys. Landing on Bagaud itself is forbidden, the island is an integral biological reserve. Exposed to S swell. VHF 9 for the park mooring service.

Practical

Buoys operated under the Port-Cros National Park scheme, fee payable via the Bonnes Pratiques network or the park staff. No water, no fuel, no rubbish facilities on site. Nearest services at Port-Cros village 0.6 NM E.

Ashore

No landing on Bagaud itself. Dinghy across to Port-Cros village 0.6 NM E for the Route des Forts footpath, Fort de l'Estissac and the Sentier Sous-Marin snorkelling trail at Plage de la Palud. L'Ayguade du Levant 2.9 NM E on Île du Levant.

History

Bagaud has been a strict no-access biological reserve of the Port-Cros National Park since 2007, used for scientific monitoring of a Mediterranean island freed of invasive rats and Carpobrotus.

Story

The Port-Cros National Park, created in 1963, was the first marine national park in Europe and includes Bagaud as its most strictly protected core zone.